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The United People's Freedom Alliance (UPFA; Sinhala: එක්සත් ජනතා නිදහස් සන්ධානය Eksath Janathā Nidahas Sandānaya; Tamil: ஐக்கிய மக்கள் சுதந்திரக் கூட்டணி) was a political alliance in Sri Lanka founded by former Sri Lankan president Chandrika Kumaratunga in 2004 and dissolved by former Sri ...
Sri Lankan presidential line of succession ... Harini Amarasuriya. as Prime Minister: Order of precedence of Sri Lanka as Speaker of the Parliament: Succeeded by ...
Hizbullah was one of the UPFA's candidates in Batticaloa District in the 2015 parliamentary election but the UPFA failed to win any seats in the district. [28] [29] However, after the election he was appointed as a UPFA National List MP in the Sri Lankan Parliament.
Adawan Amal Praba Ganesan (Tamil: பிரபா கணேசன்; born 4 January 1964) is a Sri Lankan politician and former member of parliament. He is the current leader of the Democratic People's Congress (DPC), a member of the United People's Freedom Alliance (UPFA). [1]
Dullas Daham Kumara Alahapperuma (born 14 May 1959) is a Sri Lankan politician and founder and current leader of the Freedom People's Congress. Alahapperuma is also a former Cabinet Minister of Information and Mass Media and a current Member of Parliament from the Matara District .
On 20 January 2004, the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) and the JVP got together to form the United People's Freedom Alliance (UPFA). [18] Weerawansa was one of the UPFA's candidates in Colombo District at the 2004 parliamentary election and was re-elected. [19] In June 2005, the JVP left the UPFA government.
Following the elections, the CWC announced its unconditional support to the United People's Freedom Alliance (UPFA), thereby allowing the UPFA to form a government. In the subsequent parliamentary elections in 2010, Musthapha contested for reelection as a member of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP). With Faiszer as its candidate, the SLFP was ...
In the 2015 general election, she joined the United National Party list in Colombo in protest against Mahinda Rajapaksa having been granted a nomination for the UPFA. She was elected from the United National Party to the parliament in that election. Premachandra was later sacked from the Sri Lanka Freedom Party for contesting from the UNP. [7]